Starting VNCViewer by right clicking on Machine in Network Ne ighb ourhood

[David Barclay]

That said, if you make any headway - please post it to the list :-)

I think that would be extremely useful.

Thanks

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingecom - SERRE Jean-Christophe [mailto:jcs "at" ingecom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2000 2:39 AM
> To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> Subject: Re: Starting VNCViewer by right clicking on Machine 
> in Network
> Neighb ourhood
> 
> 
> <andy.morris "at" glynwedpipesystems-uk.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have been trying to start VNC by right clicking on a 
> machine name in
> > Network Neighbourhood.
> > I've got as far as adding the VNCViewer option onto the menu but all
> > attempts to pass the machine name to VNC have failed.
> > 
> > Any ideas??
> 
> You won't be able to get it easily -if at all- for computers in the
> nethood. The %1 (digit one) or %L are expanded only for 
> files, folders,
> or shares ("\\COMP\SHARE") but not for raw computernames.
> 
> For computer objects, only the %I argument will be expanded, 
> into a pIDL
> looking like ":-12345678", which is actually a pointer to a 
> struct into
> explorer/shell32.dll -- this is mostly undocumented MS stuff.
> 
> I played once with it, and from the various functions/ways available I
> could translate a pIDL into its full pathname for all objects except
> nethood's computers pIDL. I dunno if the trick for it is known outside
> MS, nor if it's even doable from another process than explorer.exe...
> 
> So if you really want this "feature" you'll have to dig hardcore Win32
> (un)docs and program a little command-line "inbetween" 
> utility with the
> right tricks, or maybe even a complete OLE inproc ContextMenuHandler
> DLL...
> 
> But if you just planned to do it with a few registry patches, 
> I'm afraid
> you'll have to forget it. That said, just like you have the 
> "SendTo" and
> "Start Menu" folders, there is a "Network Neighborhood" 
> folder where you
> can add shortcuts, and they'll appear into your NetHood in addition to
> computers.
> 
> -- 
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